Thursday, August 23, 2012

RMC Sweeeeeeepstakes!

Starting pitcher
M.C. O'Connor

That was fun, eh? I can get used to sweeping the Dodgers. Way to go, Giants!

I promised I would put together a little contest for the site this week, and I can't think of a better time than right now. Matt Cain got the win in the final game of the set in LA, and this trivia quiz is in honor of no. 18 and El Perfecto. How fortunate we are to have Matt Cain on our favorite ball club. Did I mention he was signed through 2017?

I just received my DVD from A+E Networks Home Entertainment/MLB Productions in the mail this afternoon. You can check it out here, that is, here:

Pretty cool, wouldn't you say? Don't you want one? Heck, it's a $12.99 value (plus shipping)! And all you have to do is answer some questions. In this age of Google, Baseball-Reference, and Wikipedia, all trivia contests are easy, so get cracking! First two people to answer all ten correctly win the above DVD of El Perfecto. You can enter multiple times, but you have to put in all ten answers every time. I'll go by the blog time-stamp to pick the winners. Post your answers as comments on this blog post. Note: I don't actually have your prizes--you'll have to send me (via mcoc13@gmail.com) your snail mail address so I can forward it to them so they can send it directly to you (Continental US only). Got it? Have fun and good luck.

All answers are individuals associated
with the San Francisco Giants.

His first name is actually Dustin.
He's from Mississippi and has a son named Whit.

Duane Kuiper had his own nickname
for our now-disgraced left fielder.

This Syracuse grad took over the
mic when Flemm's failed for Bond's 715th HR.

The East Tennesse State Buccaneers
have produced two Giants. One was Atlee Hammaker. The other was part
of the deal that sent Dusty Baker to the Dodgers.

This Giant lost part of his
fingers to a table saw and still tried to play baseball.

He's the oldest of the Rojas boys.

Both are from New Jersey and both
threw no-hitters, but only one led the league in WHIP.

He was drafted by the Giants but
pitched against them in the 2000 LDS.

I realize that #7 was a little vague, I was looking for Halicki (who I once thought would win Cy Young Awards aplenty), but of course The Count counted, too. So I award both of you "correct" responses. And I don't think Kuip ever said "La" Lechero (wouldn't it be "El"?) but that's a quibble.